In this third episode of Bible Talk, Alex Duke chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about Genesis 6:9—11:32. They discuss Noah and the flood, the genealogy of Genesis 10, the Tower of Babel, and what all of this has to do with Jesus.
SHOW NOTES
1:54 — Have you guys seen Noah, the 2014 film from Darren Aronofsky?
4:10 — In the flood, God turned Earth into a graveyard. Have we lost the weight of this?
5:55 — How does the flood point toward a future new creation?
10:44 — Are there clues in Genesis 8 that suggest that Moses wants us to see Mount Ararat as a new Eden?
15:00 — These chapters mention an important biblical word for the first time: covenant. What’s a covenant?
19:50 — In Genesis 9:3, God authorizes man to eat meat. What lessons about government does Jim draw from this passage?
22:20 — Is “an eye for an eye” barbaric? Or is it a sign of God’s restraining mercy? What’s this have to do with capital punishment?
24:26 — Sam gives the elevator version of why government exists according to the Bible.
25:05 — What exactly did Ham do to Noah? Why
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